Purple Heart (9-12)

In chapters 9-12 Andrew Fiu (the writer) started talking about how he moved to Green Lane Hospital from Middlemore and he was upset that he left Mr Weston behind but was happy that he was with children not only around his age but also suffered from Rheumatic Fever and he was surprised that children from different cultures suffered from it and it was just Pacific Islanders.He also talked about how ward 7 at Green Lane Hospital was much sadder then ward 8 at Middlemore hospital because of how young the children were and how some of them hadn't even experienced life or what its like to live outside of the hospital and yet they never ever cried they would just sit there and take their injections and go for test were as a child their age would probably be crying because someone to their ball away or cry just to get attention. He then started talking about his first operation that happened when he was 15 years old and how he got his heart valves from a young teenage girl who died in a car crash. During his operation he had a near-death-experience and during that time he saw his belated grandmother and had a full conversation with her. He also talked about how other people who have had a near-death-experience have seen the light, or Jesus or one of the angels and the light was so bright that all the light bulbs in the hospital put together wouldn't be as bright as that light. He also said people that haven't experienced NDE ( Near-Death-Experience) don't believe that he saw his grandmother so he just tells them the 'lie' version and that's the I-woke-up-and-saw-this-bright-light story because they find it more realistic then him talking to his belated grandmother. He then went on about how been in the hospital gave him the opportunity to hear about different religions and what they believe what happens after death as all religions have different perspectives on it.